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OT : Sun Hardware problem
Hello all,
This is a little off topic but, knowing that there are other
admins out there I thought that I would spew something about this and see
if anyone has an idea about this. My company got an E-250 recently and
within the 72 hour burn-in that we run after installation it choked with a
processor and mainboard error. We got those components reinstalled and
then started the machine up again, this time I left the console up and
running so that I could watch to see at what time the machine died at to
get an accurate time estimate. Well, the machine dies again but this time
due to a critical over heat (72 C/162 F) on the PDB and SCSI
components. Call VAR complain and get a new machine, new machine promptly
dies faster than the new one. Thinking that this is a power problem I
remove that 250 and place a known working one in its place and the older
machine works fine. I put the new 250 where the old one was placed and it
dies again, this removes the thinking that this is a power issue. These
machines are placed within a WELL airconditioned machine room with plenty
of ventilation around them. The VAR's engineers have narrowed it down to
quote "a hardware issue". Thank God for the 5 day waiting period
. . . anyways, has anyone heard anything about E-250 overheating
issues? I have quite literally tried everything from replacing all of the
parts to updating the OpenBoot to see if there was a false positive due to
older settings or something.
Tighe
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now and then a giant pink-haired ape would come running after me and
chase me into the lake, but really, could it be that much worse? I'd have
a tiny little brain and wouldn't be expected to worry about anything."
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